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Date: 26 December 2006 01:12:59
Well I have had a lovely Christmas Day. Managed to drag myself to church this morning (after doing 3 services yesterday!) and ended up sitting with several of my cousins and sisters. My Mum and aunt were both singing in the worship group this morning, which generally meant lots of disapproving looks when we started misbehaving. After that the cousins and I went up to my grandparents and snuck onto their patio and sang O Little Town of Bethlehem to them. Grandpa has been really quite poorly and hasn't been able to get out and he found it very emotional to see his grandchildren singing to him.
Then we had a ginormous Christmas lunch and went for a walk across the beach and tonight we went up to my other Gran's house. As usual it was utterly wonderful chaos and my cousins were on top form. They are all in their twenties and thirties but somehow manage to metamorphose into 10 year olds when we are together. So they were having the usual farting and burping competitions as well as the compulsory how-many-home-made-profiteroles is it possible to eat without feeling sick. We played board games and gossiped and had a wonderful time.
I recognise just how privileged I am to be part of a big family who generally get on well together. I can't really imagine being anywhere else for Christmas, even though it has taken me years to truly appreciate the diversity and insanity of my family.
So, finally a big Happy Christmas everyone :)